angst	fear
pivotal	crucial, decisive
compounded	made worse
hones in on	focuses on
formative	developmental
muddled	jumbled, confused
elongated	legthy
keep at bay	keep at distance, avoid, stop
interlaced	connected
skirmishes	battles
hard-pressed	struggling
dilemma	problem
finer points	details
glimpse	glance, quick look
uprooted	wyrwany z korzeniami
empathize with	identify with
map out	point out
unknowingly	nieświadomie
excerpt	urywek, fragment
infectious	zaraźliwy
sit still	stay calm
stay put	do not interfere
endearing	endlessly
carve out	make space
gain the insight	zgłębiać
intrinsic	nieodłączny, inseparable